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Russia unhappy at U.S.-Kyrgyz air base deal: report
Washington Post ^ | Wednesday, June 24, 2009; 4:08 AM | Reuters

Posted on 06/24/2009 4:36:57 AM PDT by justa-hairyape

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia was tricked by Kyrgyzstan over a deal with the United States to keep open a key air base in Central Asia, a Russian diplomat was quoted as saying by local media on Wednesday.

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The Kommersant newspaper quoted an unidentified Russian diplomat as saying Moscow viewed the U.S. move as a trick and that Russia would soon make an "adequate response" to the deal.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: bhorussia; centralasia; kyrgyzstan; manas; russia; unitedstates
Get out !

Can it be any more obvious ?
What deal ?
I thought it was a trick ?

1 posted on 06/24/2009 4:36:57 AM PDT by justa-hairyape
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To: justa-hairyape

Russia unhappy?

The only thing that would make the criminals running
Russia happy is if we all laid on the ground and let them
run us over with their tanks.


2 posted on 06/24/2009 4:50:24 AM PDT by DaveTesla (You can fool some of the people some of the time......)
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To: justa-hairyape
It's just what I'd expect from a trigger happy cowboy gansta from Texas Chicago.
3 posted on 06/24/2009 4:52:36 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (AGWT is very robust with respect to data. All observations confirm it at the 100% confidence level.)
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To: justa-hairyape
If Russia decides to take out the air base, what can we do? Demand an apology? Clamp down tighter on Cuba? Print more money?
4 posted on 06/24/2009 4:57:23 AM PDT by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: Dixie Yooper
Ya gotta watch those Kyrgs. They're tricky.
5 posted on 06/24/2009 5:34:57 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: justa-hairyape

The Kremlin gave the green light to the Kyrgyz government over the base, most likely due to some sort of offer by Obama to the Russians below the table (that they couldn’t refuse).


6 posted on 06/25/2009 10:01:36 PM PDT by Thunder90
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To: Thunder90

Normal behavior for the Russians is to complain until they get their way (reference - SDI). Putin must of got one nice present on Fathers Day.


7 posted on 06/25/2009 11:42:36 PM PDT by justa-hairyape
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